Notes: Rank private on enlistment and discharge unless
noted. 110 names. 22 dead.
*Died in the war.Reference:Index to Compiled Service Record of Confederate Soldiers
who served in Organizations from the State of Arkansas. These are index cards which
contains only the soldiers name, company, unit and rank on enrollment and rank on
discharge.

Service: 4th (McNair's or Southwestern) Infantry Regiment, assembled at
Miller's Springs, Lawrence County, Arkansas, recruited its companies in Calhoun,
Hempstead, Lafayette, Montgomery, Pike, and Polk counties. After fighting at
Elkhorn Tavern, the unit was sent to Kentucky where it was active at Richmond.
It then was assigned to General McNair's and D. H. Reynold's Brigade, Army of
Tennessee. Soon after the Battle of Murfreesboro,
the 4th Arkansas Battalion merged into the regiment and in August, 1863, the
31st Arkansas transferred to the 4th. It was involved at Jackson,
participated in the campaigns of the army from Chickamauga
to Atlanta, saw
action in Tennessee under Hood, and was engaged at Averasboro
and Bentonville.
This unit was organized with 695 men, and reported 55 casualties at Elkhorn
Tavern, 23 at Richmond,
and 79 at Murfreesboro. The 4th/31st/4th Battalion lost twenty-four percent of
the 385 engaged at Chickamauga. Few surrendered on April 26, 1865. The field
officers were Colonels Henry C. Bunn and Evander McNair, Lieutenant Colonels
James H. May and Samuel Ogden, and Major Jos. B. McCulloch. cwss

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